2 Men Arrested In Spokane For Alleged Hate Crime

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Two men have been arrested in Spokane, Washington, for an alleged hate crime after a black man was beaten and his home was the target of numerous gunshots.
Jason Edward Cooper, 32, is accused of shouting racial slurs at Norris Cooley, 66, punching him in the face and pointing a gun at his head late Sunday night, police said. Cooley’s house was also peppered with eight or nine gunshots, police said..
Cooper and Donald Lucas Prichard, 36, were arrested on Monday.